I found this classified ad in a 1987 Classic Bike, a British motorcycle magazine. What was an Indian dealer doing in an obscure part of the Canadian Maritimes thirty years after the company closed down? What happened to the stuff and where is it 40 years later? (not that I need Indian parts...)
I put the question out, did not find out his name or why the parts ended up there but apparently he sold out to Island Restoration in Long Island NY. They called it the 'mother load' of parts. Apparently it took many men several days to load 4 or 5 shipping containers. He even had complete basket case Chiefs for sale.
However, Island Restoration is a dead end also...
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i see where the advertiser specifies Chief and Scout parts. It makes me wonder pointlessly whether that shop catered to those models exclusively and ignored the the postwar British-made Indians. Which I've never read a kind word about; so maybe pretending that the 250cc Arrow, 440cc Scout, et al., showed good sense.
For those of us who, tragically, can't find Wikipedia.org:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Motorcycle#History
The Velocette Indians (Floyd Clymer), are still cared for.
Ed Gilkison (close to Seatte) is probably the first call for anyone with one of these beasts..
Sten vW (Sweden)
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